Barbel-rack



. E, M. SELL.

BARREL RACK.

APPLICATION FILED mun. I919.

Patnt'ed Au 19,1919.

6mm mg EMANUEL M. SELL, or INDEPENDENCE, Kansas.

BARREL-RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug.-19, 1919.

Application filedMay 12, 1919. SerialNo. 296,513.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMANUEL M. SELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Independence, in the county of Montgomery and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Barrel- Racks, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompany ing drawings. 3 Y

This invention relates tosupporting "racks, particularly adapted "for supporting 'barrels and like articles. 3

An object of the invention is the provision of a'frame, adapted to rest upon the ground and provided with opposite side uprights,

between which a tilting frame is fulcrumed,

whereby abarrel may be conveniently supported, and owing to the tlltlng action of the fulcrumed frame, the barrel 1Sl1keW1S6 tilted, whereby access is allowed to the contents of the barrel. I I

A further object of the invention is the provision of means for supporting a barrel in the tilting frame, whereby .notonly the barrel can be tilted, in order. to permit of convenient access to its contents, but also to permit the barrel to be easily and quickly removed from the tiltable frame, when it is necessary to arrange another barrel in position.

Afurther object of the. inventionis the provision of bracing members for the lower corners of the tiltable frame.

lVhile the design and constructlon at presentillustrated and set forth is deemed preferable, it is obvious that as a result of a reduction of the invention to a morepractical form for commercial purposes, the invention may be susceptible to. changes, and the rightto these changes is claimed, provided they are comprehended within the scope of what is claimed. V

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed;

Figure 1 is a view in perspective of an 1m I secured in of the sides ofthe base frame, showing the mounting and one of the uprights 5 and one prising side and endpieces Q and 3. Se-

sured by suitable bolts or the like 4. to the outer'faces of the side pieces 2 are uprights 5, and I these uprights are braced or reinforced by means of the braces 6. The lower ends of the'braces 6=engage or rest upon the upper edges of the side pieces 2 of the base frame 1, there being wooden pins 7 engaging between the braces 6 and the upper parts of the side pieces 2 of the base or ground framer-Each brace 6 is disposed adjacent the inner face of the upright 5, there being a. single bolt 8 passing'through the brace 6 and the upright, and strength.

Suitable bolts engage through the upper portions of the uprights and the braces 5 thereby insuring. rigidity and 6, and upon the bolts 9, a tiltable frame 10-is mounted. This tiltable frame comprises the vertical side. pieces 11 and the upper and lower end :pieces 12 and 13, which are braced at thecorners of the tiltable frame by means of the angle plates 14, which are Secured y yjsuitable bolts 16 tothe bottom piece 13 is aflplurality ofsupporting strips 18. A single-bolt passes through each of the supporting strips 18,, and through the .bottom piece 13. The heads of the bolts 16 are countersunk into the strips 18, sufliciently topermittheir outer faces to be flush with the upperfaces of the strips 18.- It is to be noted'that the strips 18 are cut in lengths,

, of' th'e braces 6, showing the connections of osition by-means of the bolts 15.

vand'are so arranged as to permit the strips r to form a supporting bottom for the barrel. Also' it'is tobenoted that thisbottom is .capable ofengaging the head of the barrel, "in order to support the barrel evenly and "in a perpendicular position; Furthermore, L- itisito be observed that the opposite ends of the strips of the bottom terminate in close positions to the chines of the barrel, thereby preventing the lower end of the barrel from displacement relative to' the A semi- Q.

bottom of the tiltable frame. circular band 19 is provided, and has its ends secured by bolts 20 to the vertical side pieces 11 of the tiltable frame. This semicircular band is positioned relatively to the upper tiltable frame, so that the upper part of the "barrel may be engaged V therewith, to prevent 'movement ofthebarrel in one direction relatively to the tiltable frame. Hooks 21 are pivotally mounted at 22 on the vertical side pieces of the tiltable =frame, andhare designedto overlie and"en' gage the chines of the upper -w-endof the barrel, to insure holding the barrel in posi- 1 tion. An; eye 23 is carried by one .of the 1 side pieces of the: tiltable frame, and; -con- ;nected-;to the-eye-is a- Chit-IlIl.24,1-Whl(}ll is desi ned to pass about the upper'part of :the arrel- -2'5,,-and haseits other-enfld connected: to a; hook 261 00 the oppositevertical side piece of the tiltable frame. "This-chain, 4 it will be :noted, cooperates with the, semincircular band, in \OIdGIZlBQ insure, supporting 1 the arrel firmlyon the: tiltable frame. ;-Spacing=members 1:27 are. interposed between: the verticahside; pieces of: the tiltable frame, and 1 the 1end pieces 7 of the braces 6 A of the :uprights 5. :These spacing l members are 5 carried by [the -fulorumed bolts 50f: the r-ti1t-able frame, and by :meanso-f; the spacing jmembers lateral :movement of a the tiltable i frame, to .any rgre'at degree, iis .;prevented, atllflb, isrrelativelyj tothebraces 6. .7 1 I ;-It= will befnoted, that the barrel is so=supported on thea bOfllOIHwdf the: tiltable 'frame,

that when said frame is in asvertical posi- *tion, the barrel Will rest onr-a crossrpiece 2 atsoneend' of therbase: or ground 'frame. =Whent the tiltab1er frame istilted, as shown 5 in dottedlinesl in Fig. l,it Will be observed that the side of the -barrel rests upon :a cross :piece 3 -at the opposite end of-the ground? or? base frame; thereby limiting the tiltable "frame in its-- tilting movement.

40 The invention having been set forth what is claimed as: new and useful is: r

1; -Ina; barrel rack, the combination with aground frame i=having cross-piecesat: its =opposite ends connecting the sides of the ground "frame and provided with uprights "rising from the opposite side pieces, of a i tiltable frame' fulcrumed 1 on end between 1theuprights and'adapted to support a barrel; the opposite sides of the tilta'ble frame ahavingmeans to hold the upper'en'd'of' the .barrel in place from tiltingrielatively to the tiltableframe, the bottom of the'tiltable frame 11 aving means conforming to andengaging the head of the barrel and fitting withinthe chinesof the barrel, thereby preventing lateral movement of the barrel relatively to the tiltable frame, and whereby as the 'tiltable frame is disposed vertically one end edge of the barrel may rest upon one of the-cross-pieces, and when the tiltable frame :istilted, theside of the barrel may rest upon the other cross-piece.

2. The combination witha ground or base frame having .uprights :on. its opposite side .pieces, of ,a tiltable frame fulcrumed be- 6 5 tween and on the uprights, said tiltable frame :comprishag ,;upper and lower end .pieces, angle braces'f-or the corners of the .tiltable fra1ne,rigidly bracing the upper and lower-end pieces, 1a ;barrel supporting bottom on the lower end piece of the tiltable frame said barrel suppoiting bottom comprising,-;a.- plurality ofsstrips secured. to the bottom piece of the tiltableframej the bar- XYIGl supporting bottom being of aashape to 5 fit Within thecbines, of the barrel and con- ;forming to;;and engaging thehead ofthe ,ab arr-e1 thereby; preventing lateral movement itheztiltableiframe, and 'means cooperating wiflrsthe upper; part of the barrel to hold a it: imposition .-O;11 the tiltable frame.

3. The combination witha base or ground frame, @of uprights secured to the outer faces iof:the s idepieoes OfqtllBybfiSQ frame, braces --rising 1 upwardly from: the upper. edges of the side pieces. ofa the base frame, means for .secu1'ing the, braces to the inner faces of the =uprights,:fulc1:um bolts extending through ftheuprights and thebraces, a tiltable frame afulenumed on the bolts,- the lower; end of the tiltable frame having barrel supporting :means so-construtzted. and arranged in co- :operatiomwith the: lower head of the barrel,

as to prevent lateral movement of the barrel I relatively to the. lowercend of the tiltable iframe, and :means cooperating with the up- :per part ofzthewbarrel to hold the same in position; relatively to the tiltable frame.

f 111 testimony Whereo-f'I hereunto affix my isignatnre in the presence of two witnesses.

EMANUEL M. SELL.

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